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Panasonic Sets Available to Consumers in the US

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Over Christmas, HDTVTest’s Vincent Teoh reported that ValueElectronics.com of Scarsdale, New York in the US has done a deal with Panasonic to allow the company to supply a limited number of …

Tags:OLEDs| Panasonic| TVs (TV Sets)| USA

ATSC 3.0 set for cable TV test

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Pearl TV and brodcasters around Phoenix, Arizona, have started testing Nextgen TV over limited cable infrastructure, collaborating with Comcast. ATSC 3.0 is being used to blend OTA and OTT content. The …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| Streaming Video| USA

FCC Votes to Promote Broadcast Internet via ATSC 3.0

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The FCC, the US telecoms regulator, has approved a ‘Report & Order’ that updates the rules and fee structures related to broadcast internet services including ATSC 3.0. The FCC said it …

Tags:ATSC| Regulation| USA

Back From The Dead

by Pete Putman

A recent press release caused a raised eyebrow here…but perhaps it shouldn’t have. On November 19, Venture capital firm Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV) “…announced its purchase of certain iconic RadioShack brands and related assets.” …

Tags:Retail| USA

Clear Channel Airports wins contract with Baltimore/Washington Airport

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Clear Channel Airports has won a 10-year contract with Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to provide a DOOH advertising network which will include an LCD network inside rental car shuttle buses, …

Tags:Aviation| ClearChannel| USA

Vizio Dumps OLED Prices in US

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Best Buy is offering the Vizio 55″ to signed-in Best Buy account holders for just $899 and the 65″ for $1,499. What We Think Wow! That’s seriously cheap. For LG it …

Tags:Best Buy| OLED TVs| Pricing| USA| Vizio

SVOD penetration at 80% of TV households in US

by Bob Raikes

What They Say According to Leichtman Research Group, 60% of US households have both a pay TV service and at least one SVOD subscription. A further 20% of households have an SVOD subscription but …

Tags:Pay TV| Streaming Video| USA

JCDecaux Loses New York Airport Contract

by Bob Raikes

What They Say JCDecaux has lost a long term contract to provide digital signage advertising at the four New York airports of JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty and New York Stewart. The contract was won …

Tags:Aviation| ClearChannel| JCDecaux| USA

Samsung Display wins US license to supply panels to Huawei

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung Display has confirmed that it has received a licence from the US government to allow the supply of chips to Huawei. In September, the Nikkei reports, Intel and AMD said …

Tags:Display Drivers| Huawei| Samsung Display| USA

Wisconsin Denies Foxconn Tax Subsidies

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Verge published a detailed report on the failure of the planned Foxconn LCD fab in Wisconsin. The company’s application for subsidies has been rejected as the number of employees was …

Tags:Investment| LCD Fabs| USA